Confined quarters, rising tensions and no escape: the astronauts were trained for it. I had a desk, a drawer and a long-running feud over a window that pushed me to my limits
Four people have joined the tiny percentage of humans who can say they have come back to Earth with a bump, literally. Welcome home, Artemis II crew: you have much to be proud of after following in the illustrious...
The physicist, BBC presenter and author on snowflakes, art v science and the time Paul McCartney quizzed him about one of Saturn’s moons
What is the inspiration behind your latest live show, Emergence?
It came from a book that I’ve loved for years: The Six-Cornered Snowflake by Johannes Kepler. Kepler is most famous for his laws of planetary motion in and around 1610, but he wrote this little...
Even as a triumphant moon flyby primes agency for a 2028 landing, Trump’s proposed budget cuts cast pall on US space program
The astronauts on board Artemis II were “almost poets”, Nasa’s administrator, Jared Isaacman, declared on Friday, referring to their inspiring words as they swung above the lunar surface.
They were, he said, “ambassadors for humanity” as they became the first humans...
The Artemis II, and the four astronauts aboard the Orion space capsule, splashed down into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego on Friday night, with all four astronauts in good health. Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialist Christina Koch of Nasa, and the Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen, have just become the first humans to travel to the moon, and...
Relacorilant, typically used to treat Cushing’s syndrome, could improve outcomes in platinum-resistant cases
A drug originally used to treat a rare disease could extend the lives of patients with an aggressive form of ovarian cancer, according to a clinical trial.
Platinum-resistant ovarian cancer occurs when the disease progresses within six months of starting platinum-based chemotherapy. This...
The device burned an exterior gate of the house in San Francisco, the police said, and it was unclear whether the artificial intelligence executive was home. The authorities arrested a suspect.
Financial experts are keeping a focused eye on the Litecoin price today as it sits near the vital $50 to $52 support level, a decisive moment for this altcoin. Meanwhile, Hyperliquid crypto is staying firm in the mid $30 range, trapped between floor and ceiling prices, leaving the broader market in a very tight spot. […]
Dr Nigel Fairweather and Philip Clarke on the newly released Nasa photographs showing the far side of the moon
There has been much excitement about the crew of Artemis II seeing the far side of the moon (Artemis II swings back around after completing record-setting moon flyby, 6 April). Let us remember that on 7 October 1959 the Soviet spacecraft Luna 3 (also known as Lunik 3) photographed the...
Southwark Playhouse Borough, LondonThe songs soar and blast in this inventive tale of a toxic romance – though it needs a few tweaks to be truly brilliant
The scope and ambition of this dark musical by Theo Jamieson and Adam Lenson are boundless. A jagged, time- and space-travelling drama about the emotional wreckage of a mutually destructive relationship, it begins with reports of a young...
